Live music news

Bong Sal passes on news of what sounds like a genuine cultural music experience: “Cambodian Music: An evening of popular songs with orchestra.” Performances are scheduled for December 1 and 2 at Chenla Theater and will be performed by the artists of the Faculty of Music, Royal University of Fine Arts.

In other music news, The FCC says that Australian blues band The Backsliders will play in Siem Reap on December 7 and in Phnom Penh on December 8. Paul Ubana Jones will also play the FCC concert circuit with December performances in Siem Reap on the 10th and 11th and in Phnom Penh on the 14th and 15th.

Lastly, MetaHouse is promoting something called Phnom Penh Rocks, scheduled for December 1 at the Bopha Phnom Penh Titanic. The featured act that night is Diva International from Germany, with opening act Beer Garden from Thailand. On the 5th, Phnom Penh rockers Thom Thom will play the MetaHouse rooftop.

UPDATE: Depending on your age and tastes, this may or may not actually qualify as music, but Korean girl group Baby VOX will play perform live at CTN on December 14. Says Wikipedia:

Although it initially had much internal turmoil, Baby V.O.X. eventually became a successful, cohesive group from 1999 to 2005, releasing many hit albums. However, after the dismal failure of their last album Ride West, it began to unravel again.

First Ronan Keating, now Babyvox. CTN sure knows how to pick ‘em, don’t they.

LATER UPDATE: Performing at Chaktomuk on December 21, 10-year-old wunderkind soprano bosbaPANH.